Contents of Vol. 47, 2024

Vol. 47, no 4, October 2024

• Facies partitioning at regional and field scales in the Barremian Kharaib-2 carbonates, UAE
  Pierre Gatel (TotalEnergies, Pau, France), Jean Borgomano, Jeroen Kenter and Tarek Mecheri view abstract
• Application of benzocarbazole molecular migration markers in reconstructing reservoir filling at the Solveig field, Norwegian North Sea
  Thorsten Uwe Garlichs (Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany), Rolando di Primio and Lorenz Schwark view abstract
• Stratigraphy and diagenesis of the Thamama-B reservoir zone and its surrounding dense zones in Abu Dhabi oilfields and equivalent Oman outcrops
  S. N. Ehrenberg (Ehrenberg Geoconsulting, Norway), J. E. Neilson, E. Gomez-Rivas, N. H. Oxtoby, S.A.J. Jayachandran, Q. Adlan and V. C. Vahrenkamp view abstract
• Geochemical analyses of Eocene oils in deeply buried sandstone reservoirs in the Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, NE China
  Xiaoxiao Zhou (SINOPEC), Xiaojun Li, Xu Song, Yuzhi Li, Xuejun Wang, Ke Han and Haiqing Yan view abstract
• The cover photograph shows a dolostone layer (pale brown) about one metre below the recently-revised boundary between the Thamama-B reservoir zone and overlying low porosity argillaceous limestones in a “dense zone” (Hawar Member). The Thamama-B interval in the upper part of the Barremian Kharaib Formation is a major carbonate reservoir in oilfields on- and offshore Abu Dhabi. Outcrop location is Wadi Rahabah, northern Oman. See the related paper by Ehrenberg et al. on pp. 395-430 of this issue. Photo by Stephen Ehrenberg

Vol. 47, no 3, July 2024

• Petroleum geology of the Cenozoic succession in the Zagros of SW Iran: a sequence stratigraphic approach
  Alireza Piryaei (NIOC Tehran) and Roger B. Davies view abstract
• Geochemistry of oils and gases from the Verkhnechonskoye field, East Siberian Basin: application of analytical results to reservoir characterisation
  N. V. Oblasov (JSC “TomskNIPIneft”, Tomsk), I. V. Goncharov, I. V. Eftor, G. W. van Graas, M. A. Veklich, A. T. Akhmadishin and D. A. Lokshin view abstract
• Oil families and geochemical composition of Devonian oils at the Rechitsa field, Pripyat Basin, Belarus
  Evgenia Leushina (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow), Timur Bulatov, Yauheni Kaleichyk, Arina Goncharova, Elena Kozlova, Lyudmila Torshina, Alina Bazhanova, Anna Eroshenko, Andrei Khaletski and Mikhail Spasennykh view abstract
• Corrigendum: Stratigraphic framework for Zechstein Carbonates on the Utsira High, Norwegian North Sea
  by Lars Stemmerik (GEUS, Denmark), Kasper H. Blinkenberg, Ingrid P. Gianotten, Malcolm S.W. Hodgskiss, Aivo Lepland, Päärn Paiste, Israel Polonio, Nicholas M.W. Roberts and Niels Rameil
  Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol. 46 (3), July 2023, pp 257-274
• The cover photograph shows the SW flank of the Kuh-e Khush anticline in the SEmost Zagros fold-and-thrust belt near Upper Lahru village close to the Zendan fault. The sedimentary succession here shows two different bedding patterns which can be interpreted to correspond to the passive and active margin phases of the NE Arabian Plate. Below are tabular-bedded, ramp-type carbonates of the Upper Jurassic Surmeh to Lower Cretaceous Fahliyan, Gadvan and Dariyan Formations; these are overlain by the more marly Upper Cretaceous Gurpi and Paleocene-Eocene Pabdeh – Jahrum Formations in which bedding is chaotic and less distinct. The intervening Albian to Santonian Kazhdumi, Sarvak and Ilam/Lower Gurpi Formations are poorly preserved at this location. See the related paper by Piryaei and Davies on pp 235-290 of this issue. Photograph by A. Piryaei, 2022.

Vol. 47, no 2, April 2024

• The Arabia – Eurasia collision zone in Iran: tectonostratigraphic and structural synthesis
  Saeed Madanipour (Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran), Mahdi Najafi, Reza Nozaem, Jaume Vergés, Ali Yassaghi, Iraj Heydari, Sedigheh Khodaparast, Zahra Soudmand and Lotfollah Aghajari view abstract
• A statistical analysis of geological and engineering predictors of oilfield performance response: a case study of oilfields on the UK Continental Shelf
  Ukari Osah (University of Aberdeen) and John Howell view abstract
• Influence of Pleistocene glaciation on petroleum systems and gas hydrate stability in the Olga Basin region, Barents Sea
  Sebastian Amberg (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Ralf Littke, Rüdiger Lutz, Peter Klitzke and Victoria Sachse view abstract
• Remote sensing analysis and numerical modelling of surface temperature anomalies over petroleum accumulations: a case study of the Alborz oilfield, Central Iran
  Saeid Asadzadeh (GFZ German Research Center for Geoscience, Potsdam, Germany) and Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho view abstract
• The cover photograph shows outcrop-scale chevron folds in a succession of Upper Cretaceous shales, sandstone and siltstones in the core of a large-scale, NW-SE trending syncline along the road between Punel and Khalkhal in the southern Talesh Mountains, NW Iran. The cliff is approximately 25 m high. See the related paper by Madanipour et al. on pp 123-172 of this issue. Photo by Saeed Madanipour.

Contents of Vol. 47, 2024

Vol. 47, no 1, January 2024

• Structural style and timing of NW-SE trending Zagros folds in SW Iran: interaction with north-south trending Arabian folds and implications for petroleum geology
  Jaume Vergés (Geosciences Barcelona), Giulio Casini, Jonas Ruh, John Cosgrove, Shahram Sherkati, Mahdi Najafi, Emilio Casciello, Eduard Saura, Iraj Abdollahie Fard, Alireza Piryaei, Dominique Frizon de Lamotte, Jean Letouzey, Hasan Goodarzi, Bahman Soleimany and Salman Jahani view abstract
• Palynofacies and organic geochemistry of lacustrine source rocks: the Potrerillos-Cacheuta source rock system in the Triassic Cuyo Basin, west-central Argentina
  Juan A. Pineda (YPF Tecnología S.A., Buenos Aires), Marcos Comerio, Eduardo G. Ottone, Joaquín Salduondo, Gastón Otegui and Georgina Erra view abstract
• The modern oil industry in Iran: A historical perspective and review
  Mike Ala (Imperial College London) and Rasoul Sorkhabi (University of Utah) view abstract
• The cover photograph shows a secondary anticline, ca. 1.5 km wide, developed along the southwestern flank of the much larger-scale Asaluyeh anticline (~75 km long and 15 km wide) in the frontal part of the Fars arc (Zagros foldbelt, SW Iran). The secondary anticline shows a symmetric and concentric fold structure in which the carbonate-evaporite succession of the Jurassic – Cretaceous Khami and Bangestan Groups is exposed. Note also the keystone faults which are related to outer-arc flexure of the anticline. See the related paper by Vergés et al. on pp 3 - 74 of this issue. Photograph by Mahdi Najafi.